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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

Two myths about creativity underlie the squeamishness: First, that creativity is morally, ethically good. An idea, behavior, or product is creative if it is both novel and appropriate to some goal. And it quite effectively served its murderous goal. So, by definition, creativity is morally neutral.